Three-Year-Old Firefighter Gets Recognition

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WSJ Staff

Jan 19, 2011 11:11 am ET

Ken Maldonado for The Wall Street Journal

Christopher C.J. Cooke, 3, woke up his father, Steven, when he heard a smoke alarm that went off due to a dryer fire. Christopher’s mother, Nicolina, was showering at the time. Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano swore in C.J. as a Junior Firefighter and presented him with a badge and a firefighter’s hat on Tuesday.

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